Sleigh-runner.



E. CARDIN.

SLEIGH RUNNER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1918.

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ERNEST CARDIN, 0F VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA.

SLEIGI-I-BUNNEB.

Application filed April 12, 1918.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST CARDIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Virginia, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleigh- Runners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a :tull, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, efficient and durable metallic runner adapted for use in substitution for Wood as ordinarily employed and having all of the advantages in the matter of elasticity or yielding quality necessary to produce an easy running vehicle, and with this object in view tne illustrated embodiment consists in a construction, combination and relation of parts hereinafter described, it being understood that changes in form, proportion and netails may be resorted to, within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the drawing:

h igure 1 1s a side view partly broken away of a runner embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on the plane indicatci by the line li-v of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail plan view showing portions oi the elements disconnected.

Essentially the improved runner consists of similar hollow channeled elements 1010, the upper and lower inwardly extending flanges 11 of which are arranged in abutting relation and are so welded together continuously, to provide the necessary and de sirable cross sectional area of runner which by reason of being hollow is relativelv light and has a springing or elastic quality which is desirable in devices of this kind. Spanning the interior of the structure so described and terminally welded in openings 12 formed in the inturned or abutting edges of the flanges thereof, are the tubular sockets 13 adapted for receiving the tenons of the standards or spokes of the vehicle in connection with which the runner is used, the conncction of the elements of the runner and the attachment of the sockets thereto being Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2a, 1918.

Serial No. 228,150.

such as to exclude moisture from the interior and thus avoid the disadvantages incident to rusting, etc.

At the forward end of the runner there may be arranged a transverse tubular member 14 secured in place in the same manner as described in reference to the tubular sockets, for receiving the transverse bar or runner connecting the front extremities of the runners in the ordinary practice, no spe cific illustration thereof being deemed necessary in this connection.

It is submitted that runner elements as described may be formed of pressed steel, and when the connection as described has been formed the completed article has the general appearance and all of the advantages of a solid structure with the added advantages incident to durability of the material and elasticity in use which render it preferable in a practical way to the wooden runners now in common use. it will he understood furthermore that the arrangement of the tubular sockets by which the flanges of the elements are connected serves as additional means for strengthening the structure while affording properly located means for attach ing or seating the spokes or standards.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. As an article of manufacture a metallic sleigh runner consisting of channeled elements having the edges of their inturned flanges welded together in abutting relation.

2. A metallic sleigh runner consisting of facing channeled elements having the edges of their inturned flanges welded together in abutting relation, and tubular sockets terminally secured in the walls of said elements by welded joints.

3. A sleigh runner consisting of metallic channeled elements having upper and lower inturned flanges arranged in abutting rela tion and connected by a continuous welded joint, and tubular sockets terminally engaging registering seats in the said abutting edges of said flanges and having a welded connection therewith.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST CARDIN.

Witnesses:

NORMAN CARDIN. E. J. LARSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

